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Interest Rate Trends

Updated 04/11/2026 Interest rates are back above 6% with the best 30 year fixed rates being around 6.375%. This is due to the Iran war, oil prices and the Fed chairman, Jerome Powell’s opposition to lowering rates. More than likely this interest rate bump will be short-lived once the straight of Hormuz is shown to […]

Housing Price Trends

Updated 04/11/2026   This newsletter is updated as the economy and situations change. Have housing prices dropped by over 30% in the past five years? Bay Area housing sales in 2025 as compared to 2021, in most areas, reflect an average 10% drop in price. However, in that same period of time there’s been over 20% inflation […]

Rental Value Trends

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Updated 02/18/2026  This is updated as the economy and situations change. CLICK FOR A FREE IMMEDIATE RENTAL ANALYSIS OF YOUR HOME Local Bay Area rents have declined slightly this past year. The worst hit areas were San Francisco and Oakland which saw a significant decrease in rents. Solano County, saw a 5% to 10% price decline over […]